North Korea fires suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile
SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in a move that sparked immediate condemnation from the prime minister of Japan.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it detected the launch of what appeared to be a ballistic missile of an intermediate-range class from the area of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Tuesday at 6:53 a.m.